Patents by Inventor Yoon-Joo Rhee

Yoon-Joo Rhee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11118643
    Abstract: A brake disc, in which a hat part that is mounted on a hub and a disc part that provides friction surfaces with brake pads are made of different materials and are combined, includes: a plurality of bridges protruding and circumferentially arranged around an edge of the hat part for coupling to the disc part; a plurality of vanes defining a channel for air flow; and a plurality of coupling pillars, which are fixedly in contact with the bridges, respectively, arranged between a pair of disc plates. The coupling pillars are fixedly in contact with both sides of the bridges while exposing front ends of the bridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seohan Industry Co Ltd, Hyundai Sungwoo Casting Co Ltd
    Inventors: Yoon Joo Rhee, Jae Young Lee, Yoon Cheol Kim, Byung Chan Lee, Jin Han, Min Gyun Chung, Jeong Ho Shin, Jae Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20210190158
    Abstract: Disclosed are a brake disk and a method for manufacturing the same. In particular, the brake disk may include a friction surface formed of cast iron, and the friction surface of the brake disk is divided into a plurality of sections in a circumferential direction. Preferably, an average of the numbers per unit area of eutectic cells formed on surfaces of the sections may not be greater than 300 ea/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Min Gyun Chung, Jai Min Han, Yoon Joo Rhee, Byung Chan Lee, Jae Young Lee, Yoon Cheol Kim
  • Publication number: 20200191214
    Abstract: A brake disc, in which a hat part that is mounted on a hub and a disc part that provides friction surfaces with brake pads are made of different materials and are combined, includes: a plurality of bridges protruding and circumferentially arranged around an edge of the hat part for coupling to the disc part; a plurality of vanes defining a channel for air flow; and a plurality of coupling pillars, which are fixedly in contact with the bridges, respectively, arranged between a pair of disc plates. The coupling pillars are fixedly in contact with both sides of the bridges while exposing front ends of the bridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Yoon Joo Rhee, Jae Young Lee, Yoon Cheol Kim, Byung Chan Lee, Jin Han, Min Gyun Chung, Jeong Ho Shin, Jae Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20200173507
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a brake disc of heterogeneous materials, may include a disc device and a hub device formed in a cast-bonding manner using different materials, includes performing a first casting for casting the disc device using a grey cast-iron material, performing a preparation step by placing the disc device in a casting mold as an insert, performing a second casting for preparing a brake disc cast product by injecting molten aluminum alloy into the casting mold and casting the hub device to be cast-bonded to the disc device, and performing an oxynitriding process for forming an oxynitride layer by smoothing a surface of the brake disc cast product and performing heat treatment in a gaseous atmosphere at a temperature ranging from 425 to 500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Kim, Jai Min Han, Yoon Joo Rhee, Min Gyun Chung, Byung Chan Lee, Jae Young Lee
  • Patent number: 10655687
    Abstract: This invention relates to a paper friction material and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the paper friction material is configured such that dispersibility and bondability are increased between a filler and a matrix. The paper friction material which is suitable for use in a vehicle, includes a friction base including pulp and a coating layer formed on the friction base using a mixture of latex and a functional material. The OH reactive group of the pulp and the aromatic ring of the latex are hydrogen-bonded so that the friction base and the coating layer are coupled with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Jinmyung Frictech Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Kim, Jai Min Han, Min Gyun Chung, Jae Young Lee, Byung Chan Lee, Yoon Joo Rhee, Sung Jin Hong, Eun Pa Cho, Chi Deuk Ahn
  • Patent number: 10612612
    Abstract: A solid type brake disc includes a hat part that includes a circular body that is fitted on a rotary shaft of a wheel and a plurality of hollow protrusions that are formed around the outer surface of the body and each have an internal space. The solid type brake disc also includes a friction part that includes a ring body that has a center hole and receives the hat part in the center hole and projections that protrude toward the hollow protrusions and are inserted in the internal spaces to be covered with the hollow protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Sungwoo Casting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Gyun Chung, Jai Min Han, Yoon Cheol Kim, Byung Chan Lee, Yoon Joo Rhee, Jae Young Lee, In Seop Kim, Jeong Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 10598237
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a brake disc of heterogeneous materials, may include a disc device and a hub device formed in a cast-bonding manner using different materials, includes performing a first casting for casting the disc device using a grey cast-iron material, performing a preparation step by placing the disc device in a casting mold as an insert, performing a second casting for preparing a brake disc cast product by injecting molten aluminum alloy into the casting mold and casting the hub device to be cast-bonded to the disc device, and performing an oxynitriding process for forming an oxynitride layer by smoothing a surface of the brake disc cast product and performing heat treatment in a gaseous atmosphere at a temperature ranging from 425 to 500° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Kim, Jai Min Han, Yoon Joo Rhee, Min Gyun Chung, Byung Chan Lee, Jae Young Lee
  • Patent number: 10436268
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a brake disk made of gray cast iron is disclosed. The method includes casting a disk body using gray cast iron containing 3.1 wt % to 3.7 wt % of C; machining a surface of the cast disk body; nitriding the disk body by exposing the machined surface to a temperature in the range of 540° C. to 580° C. for 50 min to 70 min, and coating the nitrided disk body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Gyun Chung, Yoon Cheol Kim, Yoon Joo Rhee, Byung Chan Lee, Jae Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20190211894
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a brake disk made of gray cast iron is disclosed. The method includes casting a disk body using gray cast iron containing 3.1 wt % to 3.7 wt % of C; machining a surface of the cast disk body; nitriding the disk body by exposing the machined surface to a temperature in the range of 540° C. to 580° C. for 50 min to 70 min, and coating the nitrided disk body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Min Gyun CHUNG, Yoon Cheol KIM, Yoon Joo RHEE, Byung Chan LEE, Jae Young LEE
  • Patent number: 10344817
    Abstract: A vehicle brake pad includes a back plate layer, an underlayer, an adhesive layer that mediates between the back plate layer and the underlayer, and a friction material layer, wherein the vehicle brake pad does not include a shim and wherein at least one of the back plate layer, the adhesive layer, and the underlayer has a loss factor of 0.2 or higher, calculated according to the following Equation 1, at temperatures from ?100 to 300° to damp noise of a frequency range of 200 to 20,000 Hz at temperatures from ?100 to 300°: (Equation 1) Loss factor ?=(f2?f1)/f0, where ? is a loss factor, f0 is a noise frequency, f1 is a minimum value of amplitude of a noise frequency when a noise level is reduced by 3 dB, and f2 a maximum value of amplitude when the noise level is reduced by 3 dB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jae Young Lee, Yoon Joo Rhee, Byung Chan Lee, Jai Min Han, Yoon Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 10274031
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a brake disk made of gray cast iron is disclosed. The method includes casting a disk body using gray cast iron containing 3.1 wt % to 3.7 wt % of C; machining a surface of the cast disk body; nitriding the disk body by exposing the machined surface to a temperature in the range of 540° C. to 580° C. for 50 min to 70 min, and coating the nitrided disk body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Min Gyun Chung, Yoon Cheol Kim, Yoon Joo Rhee, Byung Chan Lee, Jae Young Lee
  • Patent number: 10260581
    Abstract: Disclosed is a brake disc for vehicles including a ring-shaped disc part provided with an insertion space formed at the central region thereof, a hub part disposed within the insertion space and provided with recesses formed on the external circumferential surface thereof, and connection parts configured to connect the disc part and the hub part, wherein each of the connection parts is divided into a curved section extending from the internal circumferential surface of the disc part and having both curved side surfaces and a rectilinear section extending from the curved section, having both flat side surfaces and inserted into each of the recess, and widths of the curved section and the rectilinear section are decreased in a direction toward the hub part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, SEOHAN INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Kim, Seong Jin Kim, Jai Min Han, Joo Beom Kim, Soo Hyuk Lee, Jae Young Lee, Byung Soo Yoo, Tae Ho Jung, Min Gyun Chung, Byung Chan Lee, Yoon Joo Rhee, Sang Do Kwak, Gwang Yun Kim, Taeg Jo Kim, Cheol Ki Kim, O Sung Kwon, Kyoung Don Yi, Jae Seok Lee
  • Publication number: 20190085909
    Abstract: This invention relates to a paper friction material and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the paper friction material is configured such that dispersibility and bondability are increased between a filler and a matrix. The paper friction material which is suitable for use in a vehicle, includes a friction base including pulp and a coating layer formed on the friction base using a mixture of latex and a functional material. The OH reactive group of the pulp and the aromatic ring of the latex are hydrogen-bonded so that the friction base and the coating layer are coupled with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Jinmyung Frictech Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Kim, Jai Min Han, Min Gyun Chung, Jae Young Lee, Byung Chan Lee, Yoon Joo Rhee, Sung Jin Hong, Eun Pa Cho, Chi Deuk Ahn
  • Publication number: 20190072145
    Abstract: Disclosed are a brake disk and a method for manufacturing the same. In particular, the brake disk may include a friction surface formed of cast iron, and the friction surface of the brake disk is divided into a plurality of sections in a circumferential direction. Preferably, an average of the numbers per unit area of eutectic cells formed on surfaces of the sections may not be greater than 300 ea/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Min Gyun Chung, Jai Min Han, Yoon Joo Rhee, Byung Chan Lee, Jae Young Lee, Yoon Cheol Kim
  • Patent number: 10161461
    Abstract: This invention relates to a paper friction material and a method of manufacturing the same, wherein the paper friction material is configured such that dispersibility and bondability are increased between a filler and a matrix. The paper friction material which is suitable for use in a vehicle, includes a friction base including pulp and a coating layer formed on the friction base using a mixture of latex and a functional material. The OH reactive group of the pulp and the aromatic ring of the latex are hydrogen-bonded so that the friction base and the coating layer are coupled with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, JINMYUNG FRICTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Kim, Jai Min Han, Min Gyun Chung, Jae Young Lee, Byung Chan Lee, Yoon Joo Rhee, Sung Jin Hong, Eun Pa Cho, Chi Deuk Ahn
  • Publication number: 20180340585
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a brake disc of heterogeneous materials, may include a disc device and a hub device formed in a cast-bonding manner using different materials, includes performing a first casting for casting the disc device using a grey cast-iron material, performing a preparation step by placing the disc device in a casting mold as an insert, performing a second casting for preparing a brake disc cast product by injecting molten aluminum alloy into the casting mold and casting the hub device to be cast-bonded to the disc device, and performing an oxynitriding process for forming an oxynitride layer by smoothing a surface of the brake disc cast product and performing heat treatment in a gaseous atmosphere at a temperature ranging from 425 to 500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol KIM, Jai Min HAN, Yoon Joo RHEE, Min Gyun CHUNG, Byung Chan LEE, Jae Young LEE
  • Patent number: 10138963
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid-type brake disc including a hat part, which includes a circular main body mounted on a rotation shaft of a wheel, and a plurality of protrusions protruding in a circumferential direction from an outside surface of the main body, and a friction part, which includes a ring body having a through-hole formed in the center thereof for receiving the hat part in the through-hole, and recessed portions protruding from the periphery of the through-hole toward the respective protrusions, the recessed portions being connected to the respective protrusions to enclose the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Sungwoo Casting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Gyun Chung, Jai Min Han, Yoon Cheol Kim, Byung Chan Lee, Yoon Joo Rhee, Jae Young Lee, In Seop Kim, Jeong Ho Shin
  • Publication number: 20180156288
    Abstract: Disclosed is a brake disc for vehicles including a ring-shaped disc part provided with an insertion space formed at the central region thereof, a hub part disposed within the insertion space and provided with recesses formed on the external circumferential surface thereof, and connection parts configured to connect the disc part and the hub part, wherein each of the connection parts is divided into a curved section extending from the internal circumferential surface of the disc part and having both curved side surfaces and a rectilinear section extending from the curved section, having both flat side surfaces and inserted into each of the recess, and widths of the curved section and the rectilinear section are decreased in a direction toward the hub part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, SEOHAN INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol KIM, Seong Jin KIM, Jai Min HAN, Joo Beom KIM, Soo Hyuk LEE, Jae Young LEE, Byung Soo YOO, Tae Ho JUNG, Min Gyun CHUNG, Byung Chan LEE, Yoon Joo RHEE, Sang Do KWAK, Gwang Yun KIM, Taeg Jo KIM, Cheol Ki KIM, O Sung KWON, Kyoung Don YI, Jae Seok LEE
  • Publication number: 20180142745
    Abstract: A solid type brake disc includes a hat part that includes a circular body that is fitted on a rotary shaft of a wheel and a plurality of hollow protrusions that are formed around the outer surface of the body and each have an internal space. The solid type brake disc also includes a friction part that includes a ring body that has a center hole and receives the hat part in the center hole and projections that protrude toward the hollow protrusions and are inserted in the internal spaces to be covered with the hollow protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Min Gyun Chung, Jai Min Han, Yoon Cheol Kim, Byung Chan Lee, Yoon Joo Rhee, Jae Young Lee, In Seop Kim, Jeong Ho Shin
  • Publication number: 20180080514
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid-type brake disc including a hat part, which includes a circular main body mounted on a rotation shaft of a wheel, and a plurality of protrusions protruding in a circumferential direction from an outside surface of the main body, and a friction part, which includes a ring body having a through-hole formed in the center thereof for receiving the hat part in the through-hole, and recessed portions protruding from the periphery of the through-hole toward the respective protrusions, the recessed portions being connected to the respective protrusions to enclose the protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Sungwoo Casting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Gyun CHUNG, Jai Min Han, Yoon Cheol Kim, Byung Chan Lee, Yoon Joo Rhee, Jae Young Lee, In Seop Kim, Jeong Ho Shin